Natalie+Meyers

SUMMARY: Natalie Meyers, age 16, died October 27, 1972 after an abortion performed by Milton Gotlib at San Vicente Hospital in Los Angeles, CA.

Sixteen-year-old Natalie F. Meyers was brought to [|San Vicente Hospital] in Los Angeles by her mother for a [|safe and legal abortion] on October 21, 1972. Milton Gotlib injected [|saline] into Natalie's uterus on the 21st.

The saline would cause an abortion by poisoning the fetus. The death of the fetus would then induce labor.

On October 22, Natalie expelled the dead baby but retained the placenta. She had trouble breathing and suffered abdominal pain, so San Vicente staff transferred Natalie to County-USC Medical Center just before midnight.

Natalie was in shock when she arrived at County-USC. She underwent a D&C there, but remained in shock from [|infection] in her uterus. On October 26, a hysterectomy was performed to try to control the infection, to no avail. Natalie was pronounced dead at 9:35AM on October 27.

The autopsy found most of Natalie's internal organs swollen and hemorrhagic. Death was attributed to [|hyaline membrane disease] brought on by the abortion. (Source: LA County Coroner Report 72-11445)

Natalie is one of many women to die at one of Edward Allred's facilities. Others known to have died after abortion at Allred's facilities include:
 * Denise Holmes, age 24, 1790
 * Patricia Chacon, age 16, 1984
 * Mary Pena, age 43, 1984
 * Josefina Garcia, age 37, 1985
 * Lanice Dorsey, age 17, 1986
 * Joyce Ortenzio, age 32, 1988
 * Tami Suematsu, age 19, 1988
 * Deanna Bell, age 13, 1992
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Susan Levy, age 30, 1992
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Christina Mora, age 18, 1994
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nakia Jorden, 1998
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Maria Leho, 1999
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kimberly Neil, 2000
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Maria Rodriguez, age 22, 2000
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chanelle Bryant, age 22, 2004

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As you can see from the graph below, abortion deaths were falling dramatically before legalization. This steep fall had been in place for decades. To argue that legalization lowered abortion mortality simply isn't supported by the data.

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